01900caa a2200181   4500008004100000022001400041100002600055245010700081260000900188270006900197300001000266490002200276520118300298653009501481700002401576773005801600856006001658210629s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2249-9571  aPriyanka Vijaya Kumar 0aExploring Music Induced Auditory Processing Differences among Vocalists, Violinists and Non-Musicians.  c2019  aAll India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysuru  a13-21  vVolume 9  Issue 2  aMusic is a highly complex sensory stimulus and is structured in several dimensions. This richness makes music an ideal tool to investigate the functioning of the human brain. This study aimed to understand the differences in auditory processing skills like auditory memory and speech perception in noise between vocalists, violinists and non-musicians. Fifteen participants from each of the group were subjected to two auditory memory tests (forward and backward digit span tests) and a speech in noise perception test (QuickSIN). On statistical analysis, overall results indicated that both in auditory memory and speech in noise perception abilities, musicians (both vocalists and violinists) outperform non-musicians. However, no significant difference was noticed between violinists and vocalists. The results of the study are in congruence with other literature report indicating musical experience as an important factor inducing enhancements in the overall auditory perceptual abilities. Further, the study results lead to the possible speculations that type of music (vocal vs instrumental) does not influence music induced differences in the auditory processing skills.  aMusic, Auditory Memory, Speech in noise perception, Neuroplasticity, Auditory perception.   aRajalakshmi Krishna  aInternational Journal of Health Sciences and Research  uhttps://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.9_Issue.2_Feb2019/3.pdf